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We will monitor the implementation of these guidelines at private junior colleges and hostels with the support of BIEAP to control student suicides,” Hymavathi added. Vijayawada city, with seven corporate junior colleges operating over 60 residential campuses with integrated hostels, is considered a hub for intermediate education in the state. Every school and college should follow the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) guidelines and we will take measures to monitor this. Major guidelines included conducting only one exam a month per subject to reduce stress on students, introducing a grading system at Intermediate colleges, allowing students to use cell phones, especially those studying at residential institutions, identifying students with deformities and providing them counselling. VIJAYAWADA: An unabating spate of suicides by intermediate students studying at corporate junior colleges across the state has become a major source of concern for the education department.The department, which had issued a circular to colleges on the manner of functioning and the number of working hours, is finding itself helpless due to lack of monitoring by officials on whether that circular is being implemented in earnest..